A Convention is a binding agreement between states or nations; used synonymously with Treaty and Covenant. Conventions are stronger than Declarations because they are legally binding on governments that have signed them. When the UN General Assembly adopts a Convention, it creates international norms and standards. Once a Convention is adopted by the UN General Assembly, Member States can then ratify the Convention, promising to uphold it. Governments that violate the standards set forth in a Convention can then be censured by the UN. In Australia, treaty obligations are only recognised by courts as binding where they have been enacted by domestic legislation.